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Tuesday, 14 June 2016

The Saker on the Orlando shooting

The
shooting in Orlando – a few very basic thoughts

Frankly,
I did not feel like commenting on this shooting. Primarily,
because I don’t believe that this event deserves the reaction it
got. Yes, sure, 50-100+ innocent people were shot/hurt, but
that is more or less what happens on a daily basis in so many
locations of our planet that I don’t see how the Orlando shooting
would deserve some special attention (for example, just four days
ago 19
Yazidi ladies were burned alive to death in a cage by Daesh for
refusing to have sex with Daesh fighters).
But then I got a ton of emails about that. And, besides, since
the homosexual lobby in the USA demands special protection for
homosexuals, the massacre in Orlando is a big deal because it is a
perfect illustration of how our masters want us to react.

Homosexuals:
“good” victims deserving sympathy

Check
out this BBC article: “In
pictures: LGBT parades across Europe“.
So “gay” pride is, apparently, a big deal to our rulers.
Which makes the massacre in Orlando a big deal too. Clearly the
powers that be are intensely preoccupied with the well-being and
safety of homosexuals. Fair enough.

But
then, at the very least, let’s make darn sure that we keep in mind
what this massacre has no relationship to:

1)
Homosexuality. Yes, the
club where the massacre happened was
known to be “gay friendly” and the presumed shooter apparently
wanted to kill homosexuals. But so what? If he has chosen
any other group, vegans, or Latinos, or soccer players or diabetics,
this would really made no difference to the nature of the massacre or
for the evaluation of the character of the shooter. Innocent
blood is innocent blood. There are not subcategories for this.

2)
Islam. Yes, the shooter apparently call 911 to declare his
allegiance to Daesh and Daesh has, according to reports, claimed
responsibility for the massacre. So what? Anybody can
claim responsibility for anything, including the Garden
Gnome Liberation Front.
I would even argue that Daesh has nothing to do with Islam either
because Daesh’s relationship to Islam is similar that of a tumor to
a healthy tissue: a lot of common DNA, for sure, but with some
absolutely crucial differences which makes them mortal enemies.

The
AR-15: the cause of all vil

3)
Guns. Turns out that the supposed perpetrator did have a legal
firearm license. But he should not have had it. He was
known to be a wife
beater and
he was reportedly mentally
unstable. Under
Florida law, both of
these conditions should have resulted in his firearms license been
revoked.
In other words, even if this shooter purchased his guns legally, his
license should have been revoked. When an alcoholic continues
to drive around in his car and ends up killing somebody, does anybody
suggest that cars are to blame? Of course not. And yet in
the case of mass shootings guns are inevitably blamed for the
violence. So what is the political agenda here?

So
if this is not about homosexuality, Islam or guns, what is it about?

It
is about making
us believe that
is is about homosexuality, Islam and guns, of course!

Yazidi
ladies: “bad” victims who do not deserve sympathy

Whether
this is just a prefect opportunity or the latest in an apparently
endless series of false flags does not really matter. What is
certain is that the Empire and its propaganda machine are making
maximal use of this event to convince us that homosexuals deserve our
heartfelt sympathy and that they need some kind of special protection
and that guns and Islam are truly awful things. Does that sound
incredibly stupid to you?

And
then there is the upcoming election. Sure, Trump comes across
as more anti-Muslim than Hillary. But Hillary is a rabid gun
hater, and she is backed by Obama. Besides, last year there has been
a long string of mass shooting which were not only rather bizarre,
but which were used by the 1%ers to try to blame violence on guns and
disarm law-abiding citizens. Does this latest shooting not just
look *perfect* for the Obama administration?

Islam:
the other cause of all vil

We
will probably never find out if Omar Mir Seddique Mateen was just a a
“lone wolf” with some real sympathies for Daesh, whether he truly
was an isolated psychopath, or whether he was lovingly nurtured by
one of the other US 3 letter agencies and then carefully planted at
the right time and place (he
was a “person of interest” for the FBI).

The
worst lie of them all is the one that is implied: if we get rid of
all guns and if we get rid of all Muslims, then we will be much
safer. That is utter nonsense. Not only because guns and
Muslims are not the problem, but because it
is simply impossible to be safe!
There have always been terrorist attack, and there will always be.
Today it was a Muslim with a gun. Yesterday it was a Japanese
with sarin gas.
Tomorrow it could be anybody anywhere, armed to the teeth by
illegally purchased guns (like in the Charlie Hebdo attack – the
French total ban on guns did not help one bit) or armed with a far
more deadly weapon (say a common pathogen like E.coli, a legally
available toxic agent like Cyanide or even a Water Hemlock extract to
poison, say, a school’s cafeteria). Explosives are very easy
to manufacture and can be delivered anywhere a car can drive.
In terms of terrorism – where there is a will, there will be a
means.

The
Pulse: the club where it all happened

One
more thing about guns: not only are homosexuals usually known to be
easy victims (this is the reason why cowards love to attack them –
they usually don’t fight back), but under Florida law it is illegal
to bring a firearm into bar. So bar, just as schools, are legal
“gun free zones” which makes them ideal for mass shootings and
makes it possible for one single shooter to shoot 50 or more people.
In Florida, these “gun free zones” are pretty much the only
places where you can hope to shoot a lot of people safely, everywhere
else the chances of somebody shooting right back at you are rather
high as there are no less than 1,477,675 people legally licensed to
carry a weapon in Florida (the highest figure in the USA).
Concealed weapon carriers include all races, all age groups, males
and females from any and all social groups. This is why it has
become rather dangerous to start shooting people in Florida, because
chances are somebody nearby will shoot right back at you. That
is a paradox – “gun
free zones” have turned into honeypots for all sorts of mass
shooters.
That is also something the imperial media will never tell you.

Do
you really think that he cares?

By
definition, terrorism is about terror. About fear. About
emotions. Those who use terrorism want us to freak out, to lose
our ability to think logically. They want us to listen to our
emotions, and only some of our emotions. So each time some
atrocity occurs and the imperial propaganda machine starts to hammer
us with ‘special news flashes’ you know that they are trying to
freak you out. Don’t let them do this to you. Don’t
let them disconnect your brain. This latest atrocity in Orlando
proves absolutely nothing and it only means something if you are
willing to give it a meaning. I categorically refuse to do so.
For me, 50+ innocent people died yesterday, and that is simply
disgusting. But it is also meaningless. To “respond”
to that pseudo-event with any kind of “policy” is the pinnacle of
stupidity and hypocrisy.

Our
resistance has to be first and foremost a resistance for our minds
and souls. We have to think and react as we do,
not as “they” want us to. If we pay attention to their
non-events, then we will miss our realevents, especially
our victories over them! And, make no mistake, they are getting
weaker while we are getting stronger, even if their media says
otherwise and if our victories are never reported.